stallion C1 Topic:Animals US /ˈstæljən/ UK /ˈstæljən/ See IPA manual Freq #14263 Meanings 1 noun an adult uncastrated male horse, especially one kept for breeding The stallion stood apart from the mares in a fenced paddock. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an adult uncastrated male... studstudhorse Word family Forms stallions Derived forms stallionlikestallioner Related forms maregeldingcoltfoal Etymology From Middle English stalion, from Anglo-French estalon, a breeding male, of Germanic origin and related to stall. The word displaced the native Old English hengest in this sense. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # stallion **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈstæljən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈstæljən/ **Frequency rank:** 14263 ## Meanings 1. an adult uncastrated male horse, especially one kept for breeding ## Examples - The stallion stood apart from the mares in a fenced paddock. ## Synonyms - stud - studhorse ## Derived Forms - stallionlike - stallioner ## Related Forms - mare - gelding - colt - foal ## Etymology From Middle English stalion, from Anglo-French estalon, a breeding male, of Germanic origin and related to stall. The word displaced the native Old English hengest in this sense. ## Topics - Animals markdown